( 4UMF NEWS ) Drew Peterson Found Guilty:
A jury on Thursday found Drew Peterson guilty of first-degree murder in the 2004 drowning death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
There were loud gasps in the courtroom as the verdict was delivered.
Peterson, a former Chicago-area police sergeant, was still sitting at his table with lawyers standing around him as jurors were released.
Outside the courthouse, people cheered, the station reported.
“This is better than the White Sox winning the World Series,” Savio’s brother, Nick Savio, said through tears outside the courthouse.
A seven-man, five-woman Will County jury spent about 14 hours deliberating over whether to convict a man on a case based solely on hearsay and circumstantial evidence. In the end, the words of Savio’s friends, family and close relations were enough to convince them of his guilt.
